Bryan Chandler
My motivations:
We had a very interesting year with CHEO (it's the children's hospital in Ottawa). In April, Audrey was admitted with lymphadenitis and strep throat. We were in isolation there for 7 days, and you would think those would be looooong days. But - what a lot of these donations help support are the toys and activities for the kids whilst they recover. They had paint, build your own stuffy, coloring, toys and more. It really makes a huge difference to the experience in the hospital. It would have been much worse without the CHEO foundation to support Audrey and the parents during this stay.
For Ben, he finally had his follow up surgery a couple weeks ago to check on his ear. Turns out he had a big hole in his ear drum and they needed to rebuild part of his inner ear, but it went super, and we are hopeful his hearing will improve. He didn't get toys, but they gave him two popsicles, because he isn't as much kid sized any more, so he got two.
If you are want to give, it is much appreciated. These charities do a lot.
Thanks